Numbers to describe the world.

Here are some statements of some superlative world geographical statistics. Listen carefully and complete the following chart. Pay special attention to the numbers.

Key words:

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Vocabulary:

peninsula 

altitude

trench

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Greenland      the Sahara Desert     the Caspian Sean

Lake Superior     Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest)

Baykal    Mariana Trench    the Nile     

Sentences:

The biggest continent in the world is Asia. It covers                  square miles.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean with                  square miles.

Which is the biggest island? 

It’s Greenland. It occupies an area of                  square miles.

The Arabia Peninsula is the largest peninsula and has an area of                  square miles.

Do you know which is the largest desert? 

Yes, it’s the Sahara Desert in North Africa. It covers                  square miles.

The biggest saltwater lake is the Caspian Sea, which is                  square miles large.

Lake Superior is the biggest fresh water lake and it covers a total area of         square miles.

The smallest continent is Oceania, with an area of                  square miles, and the smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean with                  square miles.

You all know the world’s highest peak, don’t you? Mt. Qomolangma (or Mt. Everest) is                  feet above sea level. In contrast, the lowest altitude in the world is the Dead Sea,                  feet below sea level, or you can say                  feet. (Negative -)

The deepest lake is Baykal in Russia. The depth is                  feet.

Mariana Trench near the Philippines is the deepest oceanic trench, with a depth of                  feet.

The longest river in the world is the Nile in Africa. It is                  miles long.